My son sculpted a mini! And some Heroquest action shots

Hello all,
My son is the best.
And I don't just say that because I'm totally biased, no he paints miniatures quite well and having watched him sculpting Slaaneshi claws using blue-tac, I figured I would let him play around with some Miliput. And although this won't win him a Crystal Brush for sculpting, I do think his chaotic, mutated, beastman is a pretty great first attempt:

I guess we should call him Giraffe-man, and I don't think I've ever seen a Broo with that animal as the beastial part, so an unique sculpt :-):

I'm quite proud of him, and he has kindly let me paint the beastman and I'm looking forward to it. He enjoyed the experience and can't wait to try it again - he has also gotten a new-found respect for all those talented sculptors out there = mission accomplished :-).

We also - at the urging of my youngest son (5) - got to play some Heroquest.

Now the youngest enjoys this very much and plays a Barbarian wearing the Helmet and the Shield, making him an invincible killing machine who can do whatever he likes - hence my sons love of the game :-).

My wife's Elf and the oldest sons' Dwarf were less lucky and were killed by the evil magician who I decided could cast a fireball each turn and summon Zombies.

Not entirely fair, but all had a good time :-).

All the best,
Kasper

Ebay Addiction: Goblin Raiding Party (I-really-shouldn't-buy-more-lead...)

Hello all,
Apparently I bought some more minis on Ebay. This is the second to last batch and then I've got to stay away from that evil site. It seems every time I pop in, somehow someone buys minis and sends the bill to me. Luckily I also get the minis, but still.
But how am one to not buy pretty old minis like these? And so cheap?
This time the damage was limited to a few adorable Goblins:

 

These mighty (?) goblins are members of the old Citadel "Speciality Set 4 - Goblin Raiding Party". They answer to the brilliant names of Torg Dwarfsmasher (Goblin Champion), Snurd Hideflayer (Discipline Master, with whip), Urag Legeater (attacking with Warpick), and (my favourite) Gigblad Childsplatter (with Morningstar). 

Brilliant names - Childsplatter, not sure that would be allowed today - and brilliant characters.
I must say I find a strange satisfaction painting minis that are some thirty years old and which have never received a proper paint job. And these have so much character that I can't wait to get painting them!

All the best,
Kasper

Ebay Addiction: More Old Minitatures Citadel / Runequest (that-I-did-not-really-need-but-still-had-to-get)

Hello all,
Oh, that Ebay is an evil port. You go there just to look and suddenly you have even more unpainted lead. But these old beauties were so cheap...
So what did I get? This lot:

A pair of sweet old "Runequest Box 5: Dragonewts" - Runequest miniatures from ca. 1982

Newtling with Sling and Crested Dragonewt with Javelin- these guys are tiny!

This chap I've never seen before. Listed as a "Citadel 1980s C09 Dark Elf / Elves - Sorcerer / High Priest (A)". His correct, much shorter name, is C-0915 High Priest of the old solid base Dark Elves from ca. 1984. Quite an old chap. Will make an excellent sorcerer for my Slaaneshi warband :-).

These two weird minis I bought because I thought they were variants of the old "Runequest Box 4: Beast Men - Scorpion Man with Club". They were not and are two pretty crappy conversions - the club is gone, a shield has been added and each have received a new beastman head. I've been working on them with green stuff to hide the old conversion and have added a little something special to them to make them more Slaaneshi - I think they might turn out just fine :-).

Watch the stinger, please!
Stay tuned for the painted versions - the newtlings and scorpion men are almost done already :-).


All the best,
Kasper

Melty, the Nurgle Troll - TSR 1983 Troll B 5305 (updated)

Hello all,
Considering how much fun I've had testing out the new Foldio photo-setup-studio-gizmo, I figures I would repost about Melty, the Nurgle Troll, with some brand new pictures.

Finally finished the Nurgle Troll. Bought as a "Mud Golem", it turned out to be an old (1983) TSR sculpt of a Troll (Nicknamed B 5305). It is a rough sculpt - few details except from the face and the few that are there, are all very melted. Thus, with all the boils, wounds and what I interpret to be dissolving skin, I've decided that this is none other than Melty, the Nurgle Troll:

The face is brutal and I do love the un-dressed nature of this troll - doesn't seem likely that he would put on a pair of trousers before having his picture taken.

Might just be the largest nose I've ever seen on a mini :-). I guess he has been eternally cursed/blessed by the fickle Chaos Gods to pick up every last pit of his body odour...

The sculptor seems to have gone for some melted skin - I took this as recently flayed skin and applied some tamiya blood tot he wounds.

While the mini is a rather crude sculpt, this also meant it was a quick and fun paintjob - and now we have a dangerous, smelly, troll rampaging around our house :-).


All the best,
Kasper